SDPB's Podcasts

Each day, SDPB brings you statewide news coverage. We then compile those stories into a daily podcast.

Tom Dempster traveled to Damascus more than 25 years ago. He shares his first impression of then-President Bashar al-Assad and what he got wrong about the dictator.

Our Dakota Political Junkies unpack the priorities that Noem laid out in her budget address. And we look at the legacy she leaves in her wake on her way to Washington.

In this episode of Teacher Talk, Gina Benz breaks down how homework favors the privileged students.

She is one of the winningest coaches in South Dakota history, coaching volleyball for 36 years in Gregory. Donna Schmitz joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.

South Dakota State Historical Society Museum Curator Daniel Moeckly joins Ben Jones to discuss the state museum's efforts with the new museum design.

Impeachment proceedings lead to more investigation details being made public. But some lawmakers begin to push back against the snowballing effort to remove Jason Ravnsborg from office. Meantime, Joe Boever’s family say his death is being used as a political “chess piece.”

In June 2022, a near-total abortion ban went into effect in South Dakota after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In 2006 and 2008, voters rejected abortion bans at the ballot box.

Guests on this episode of Dakota Dialogues are Professor John Carey of Dartmouth College and Brightline Watch, PhD Candidate Sam Harper at the University of Iowa, and Alexander Theodoridis of the UMASS Poll.

A torrent of water rushes out of the Black Hills toward Rapid City. A teenager finds his mother’s home surrounded by raging water, while a man living high above Rapid Creek watches helplessly as homes and lives are swept away below. A real-estate developer is trapped by high water in one of his condominiums, and a young man is thrown into the water when a house breaks apart. Meanwhile, a National Guard soldier struggles to save a family on a rooftop.